MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL —For the first time in more than 30 years, the University of Minnesota Twin Cities plans to welcome two new sororities to its campus - Chi Omega and Phi Mu.
"The Panhellenic community at the University of Minnesota is so excited to be welcoming Chi Omega and ...
Chi Omega, Phi Mu Sororities to Return to U of M Campus
Posted On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: campus, Chi Omega, Phi Mu sororities, return, University of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL —For the first time in more than 30 years, the University of Minnesota Twin Cities plans to welcome two new sororities to its campus - Chi Omega and Phi Mu.
"The Panhellenic community at the University of Minnesota is so excited to be welcoming Chi Omega and ...
World’s Leading Lion Researcher Calls for a ‘Marshall Plan’ for African Wildlife
Posted On Monday, March 11, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: African governments, African lions, African wildlife, University of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL —African lions and villagers would benefit from fences to protect them from each other, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researcher Craig Packer published online by Ecology Letters on Tuesday, March 5.
Fencing has long been anathema to most conservationists, but Packer said it ...
Kaler Outlines Future Plans ‘The Minnesota way’ in Second State of the University Address
Posted On Monday, March 4, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: Eric Kaler, State of the University, University of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL —University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler detailed academic, research and cost reduction successes during the past year and outlined next steps to move the university forward in his second State of the University address Thursday.
Kaler spoke to about more than 250 students, faculty and staff in ...
Hong and Students Awarded ASIANetwork Grant
Posted On Monday, February 25, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: ASIANetwork Freeman Student, Carleton students, Chinese Musical Instruments, Diaspora, Gao Hong Dice
Three Carleton students and Gao Hong Dice, Lecturer in Chinese Musical Instruments, have been awarded funds from ASIANetwork for their project “Exploration and Preservation:
Temple Music in the Chinese Diaspora.” This “ASIANetwork Freeman Student-Faculty Fellows” grant, one of only thirteen given this year, supports extensive travel and research in Taiwan and ...
New National And State Estimates of America’s Unauthorized Immigrant Population Released
Posted On Monday, February 18, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: International Migration Review, John Robert Warren, Robert Warren
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL —The number of unauthorized immigrants arriving in the U.S. peaked at more than one million annually between 1999 and 2001, and then declined rapidly thereafter, found a study co-authored by U of M Sociology professor John Robert Warren and released today in the peer-reviewed journal International ...
University of Minnesota Professor Steven Crouch Elected to The National Academy of Engineering
Posted On Monday, February 11, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: Eric Kaler, National Academy of Engineering, Solid Mechanics, Steven Crouch, University of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL —Steven Crouch, professor of civil engineering and dean of the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). The announcement of 69 new members and 11 foreign associates was made today by NAE ...
University of Minnesota Launches Ensia Environmental Media Platform
Posted On Thursday, February 7, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: B corporations, Betty Moore Foundation, geothermal energy, recycled art, sustainable agriculture, University of Minnesota, William McDonough
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL —In response to a growing demand for trusted, solution-focused communication about environmental topics, the University of Minnesota today announced the launch of Ensia – an innovative online and print magazine and event series that aims to connect people who can change the world with the ideas, ...
U of M Institute On The Environment Opens Art Exhibit Dedicated to Sustainability
Posted On Monday, February 4, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: Arts-Based Outreach, Jonee Kulman Brigham, University of Minnesota's Institute, Urban Water Cycle
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL —What do you get when you combine the arts, sustainability and education? "Downstream/Upstream: A Journey Through the Urban Water Cycle" by Jonee Kulman Brigham, a visual display detailing a two-week adventure taken by 39 children ages 4–6. The exhibit includes photographs, maps, artists’ books, and diagrams ...
University of Minnesota Researchers Unveil First Artificial Enzyme Created By Evolution In A Test Tube
Posted On Saturday, February 2, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: Burckhard Seelig’s, College of Biological Sciences, Fa-An Chao, Gianluigi Veglia, Nature Chemical Biology., University of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL —There’s a wobbly new biochemical structure in Burckhard Seelig’s lab at the University of Minnesota that may resemble what enzymes looked like billions of years ago, when life on earth began to evolve – long before they became ingredients for new and improved products, from detergents ...
U Prof. Gets $3.7 Million For HIV Research
Posted On Thursday, January 31, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: $3.7 million grant, HIV research, HIV treatments and vaccines, National Institutes of Health, University of Colorado
A University researcher is a few years away from potentially improving treatments and vaccines for HIV.
The National Institutes of Health awarded associate professor Pam Skinner and her collaborator a five-year, $3.7 million grant for HIV research.
Skinner, along with University of Colorado Denver professor Elizabeth Connick, will spend the next five ...
University of Minnesota to Host Public Interest Design Week
Posted On Monday, January 28, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: College of Design, Design Week, Host Public Interest, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota’s
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL —Registration is now open for the first-ever Public Interest Design Week – March 19-24, 2013 – set to take place on the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus. The University’s College of Design, in conjunction with Design Corps and PublicInterestDesign.org, announced last month what will be one ...
Wikipedia Inadvertently Causing Its Own Decline In Participation
Posted On Friday, January 25, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: Computer Science, decline in participation, encyclopedia, inadvertently, University of Minnesota, Wikipedia
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL —University of Minnesota computer science researchers studying Wikipedia have found that several changes the community made to manage the quality and consistency of submissions to the popular online encyclopedia are causing its decline in contributors.
The study "The Rise and Decline of an Open Collaboration System: How ...
President Kaler To Present NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award To Tony Dungy
Posted On Sunday, January 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: Gopher Athletics Norwood Teague, NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award, Theodore Roosevelt, Tony Dungy, University of Minnesota
Former Gopher Tony Dungy will receive the prestigious Theodore Roosevelt Award on Friday, Jan. 18, at the NCAA Convention in Grapevine, Texas.
University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler and Director of Gopher Athletics Norwood Teague will attend and Kaler will present Dungy with the award. The accolade, named after President Theodore ...
U of M President Kaler to Highlight Legislative Priorities in Jan. 11 Media Briefing
Posted On Friday, January 11, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: Eric Kaler, Minnesota Discovery, Minnesota undergraduate students, MnDRIVE, University of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL --University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler will provide media an overview of the university’s 2013 legislative priorities, in particular his commitment to freeze tuition for Minnesota undergraduate students, at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 11, in State Office Building Room 181, located at 100 Rev. Dr. Martin ...
‘Science’ Names University of Minnesota Researcher’s Gene-Modification Technique One of 2012′s
Posted On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MINNESOTA Tags: Daniel Voytas, DNA, Science, scientific breakthroughs, University of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL —An approach to modify genes developed by University of Minnesota researcher Daniel Voytas and colleagues was among the "breakthroughs of the year" detailed in a special issue of Science published December 21.
The technique, based on enzymes called TALENs (transcription activator–like effector nucleases) that "read" DNA and ...
